ENGLEWOOD, Co. — On Tuesday, the Denver Broncos launched their first fully padded practice of training camp at UCHealth Training Center. This began the second phase of camp as players will fly out to Minnesota next week for scheduled joint practices and scrimmages prior to their preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings.
I was hoping that the moving parts of the first week's practice would fall into place, and the momentum certain guys established would come to fruition, when the pads came on. But much like Broncos Country has painfully learned over the last five years, hope is not a strategy.